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For Kids: Where does the Pope come from (and how do we elect a new one)?

by Clara | Apr 23, 2025

In the upcoming days, the world will experience the Church’s traditions and practices surrounding the election of a new Supreme Pontiff.

For children, this is an especially important time because it is an opportunity for us to assure them of the unbroken succession of the Papacy beginning with Saint Peter.

Mom is from Advent, Dad is from Lent

We’ve arrived in Easter — Alleluia! — but we had to pass through Lent to do it. So indulge me momentarily for a backward glance at those “40 Days.” When I ponder the long and hard journey of Lent, it calls to mind Advent, the other time when the priest wears violet at...

Good news about a very bad topic

I've been procrastinating about writing this post for a couple months now. It's a distasteful topic, frankly. Distasteful, but very important to address for our children. Sometimes I put off writing it for a very good reason: some of the kids were in the...

Test how well you (and your children!) know the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe

How well do you know the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe & St Juan Diego? Try your "Saint Smarts" here (and if you don't do as well as you'd like--check out the rest of this post to get a free audio CD so you and your children can learn the story of the...

Prayers for the Souls of the Faithful Departed

The month of November, which is the end of the Church's liturgical year, is dedicated to the Holy Souls in Purgatory. These are the people, perhaps our friends and relatives, perhaps people we have known well for a short time or just passing acquaintances, who have...

Amy said: “On a whim, I put this on as my 6-1/2 year old was coloring a picture…”

Read down below to learn what happened when Amy did this (and her 4 yr old also plays a part in this episode), but first: Today is a fun FEAST DAY: November 3 Known as the Apostle of Charity ... patron of barbers (really!) ... miraculous healer of the sick ... and...